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Israeli startup uses artificial intelligence to predict auto...
01 August 2019
INGOLSTADT (Sweden): Your car just flipped over and, hopefully, minutes later, an ambulance is racing to the scene. But how much will those emergency medical technicians actually k...
Drive your old diesel car into electric age with €5,000 make...
01 August 2019
PARIS: About €5,000 (RM23,000) are set to buy your 10-year-old combustion clunker an electric makeover-and offer a cut-price way to avoid driving bans across European cities. Fr...
Indonesia plans overhaul of auto rules to form electric-car ...
01 August 2019
JAKARTA: Indonesia is planning a slew of incentives for electric-car makers and drivers, to help bolster a sector that has already lured investment from Toyota and SoftBank Group C...
Getting under the hood of Amazon’s auto ambitions
01 August 2019
An employee is seen in one of the corridors at the new Amazon warehouse on the outskirts of Mexico City. — Reuters DETROIT: Amazon.com Inc is expanding its transportation prowess ...
MAS should take cue from Proton and turn around
01 August 2019
COMMENT by HO WAH FOON Early last week, I was pleasantly surprised by the reports by several analysts revealing that Proton has turned around after nearly a decade in the doldru...
Roofless Renault 4 revived from 1960s as electric Plein Air
01 August 2019
PARIS: Renault is reviving its cult Plein Air, a doorless and roofless take on the Renault 4, from the 1960s — only this time, instead of the old 845cc petrol engine, the new editi...
J.D. Power 'returns home' after buyout by US private investo...
01 August 2019
SAN FRANCISCO/CHICAGO: US private equity investment firm Thoma Bravo announced it has reached an agreement to acquire J.D. Power, a global leader in data analytics and consumer int...
BMW and Audi tell Mercedes-Benz: Japan is all yours
31 July 2019
TOKYO: BMW AG and Audi AG will skip this year’s Tokyo Motor Show, leaving Daimler AG’s Mercedes-Benz as the only major foreign luxury carmaker to showcase its models in Japan’s big...
Porsche Sportscar Together Day happening this weekend in Sep...
31 July 2019
SEPANG: Sime Darby Auto Performance (SDAP), the official distributor of Porsche in Malaysia, is inviting its customers and all Porsche fans to its inaugural Sportscar Together Day ...
Ex-Audi boss Stadler charged over emissions cheating
31 July 2019
MUNICH: German prosecutors said today they had filed charges against former Audi chief executive Rupert Stadler (pic), who is being investigated over his role in Volkswagen’s emiss...
Bentley's new flying bees
31 July 2019
LONDON: Bentley Motors’ site in Crewe is already famous for producing the models that have carried its “flying B” emblem on the bonnet for 100 years, but thanks to a new biodiversi...
Harley-Davidson FXDR 114 introduced
31 July 2019
SERDANG: Harley-Davidson has unveiled its FXDR 114 for the first time in Malaysia at the recent Art of Speed Malaysia 2019. The FXDR 114 is the 10th model built on the 2018 Soft...
Volvo Car UK installs data SIM card as standard in all new m...
31 July 2019
LONDON: Volvo Car UK is boosting its in-car connectivity offering by fitting a data SIM card as standard to all its new models. The feature is being introduced on all Model Year 20...
Stop causing traffic jams with your erratic driving
31 July 2019
BERLIN: It's always easier to blame the driver in the car in front of you. But if you fail to keep your driving on consistent and predictable, you too will be contributing a build-...
Lamborghini Avventura: Huracán EVO tests limits of performan...
31 July 2019
OSLO: Norway has become the latest destination for Lamborghini Avventura, the series of Lamborghini expeditions organized to discover the most spectacular places and roads in t...
Mercedes-AMG steps up A 45 and CLA 45 sportiness
31 July 2019
AFFALTERBACH (Germany):  Mercedes-AMG says it has improved its compact A 45 4MATIC+/ A 45 S 4MATIC+ and CLA 45 4MATIC+/ CLA 45 S 4MATIC+. Available in two output and torque vari...
Protective motorcycle gear won't save your life, study shows
31 July 2019
MUENSTER (Germany): It's long been said that the special design of protective clothing for motorcyclists will reduce the risk of a fatal injury in the case of a motorcycle accident...
The magic is in the mix: Why tyres matter more with electric...
31 July 2019
BERLIN: Though they come in many shapes and sizes, EVs (electric vehicles) like the Renault Zoe, the BMW i3 and the Kia Soul, usually have one thing in common: narrow tyres. The...
Honda recalling some 2018 units of CR-V over gear knob butto...
31 July 2019
PETALING JAYA: Honda Malaysia today announced a recall of 7,050 units of CR-V (2018 Year Model) to replace the gear push knob button. The recall or "product update campaign" is ...
BMW M1 Art Car by Andy Warhol gets a photoshoot
31 July 2019
MUNICH: Last year, Munich-based automobile photographer Stephan Bauer emerged the victor in a social media contest "Shootout 2018" which was organised by BMW Group Classic, and was...